Here is today’s Bible reading:  Judges 7:1-8:17
Luke 23:13-43
Psalm 97:1-98:9
Proverbs 14:7-8.

Luke 23:40-41 (NIV)
But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? [41] We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”

Right relationship with God begins with understanding what we deserve.  This is also the gateway to gratitude and joy.